Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, the NVIDIA 337.25 drivers for Linux have been recently released, coming with support for new GPUs (GeForce GTX TITAN Z, GeForce GT 740, GeForce 830M, GeForce 840M, GeForce 845M, and GeForce GTX 850M) and bug-fixes. For more information about this release, see the changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install the NVIDIA 337.25 drivers on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Isis, LXLE 14.04 and their derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing the Nvidia 337.25 drivers on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS and Pinguy OS systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the nvidia-337 and nvidia-337-uvm packages. Like this:
$ sudo apt-get remove nvidia*
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-337 nvidia-337-uvm
Optional, to remove the nvidia-337 and nvidia-337-uvm drivers, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove nvidia-337 nvidia-337-uvm